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Mauricio Pochettino sends title warning to Chelsea after Tottenham's win over Southampton
MAURICIO POCHETTINO has urged Tottenham to emulate last season's winter form to catch Chelsea in the title race after last night's 4-1 demolition of Southampton.
Mauricio Pochettino urges Tottenham to emulate last season's winter form
Tottenham beat Southampton 2-0 in December last year and then won eight out of their next 10 matches to emerge as Leicester's closest title rivals.
They now travel to Watford on New Year's Day before hosting Premier League leaders Chelsea and Pochettino wants this win to spark another strong run of form.
Mauricio Pochettino's Tottenham thrashed Southampton 4-1 at St Mary's
Spurs trial Antonio Conte's Chelsea by 10 points, with Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool also sitting ahead of them in the table.
"Yes why not?" Pochettino said if his side can go on a similar run.
"It's true the Premier League is very tough now, and all the big clubs, the sides are fighting at the top.
Dele Alli scored Tottenham's first and last goal in Southampton demolition
"It is a completely different Premier League this year. For us it's important, we had a very good year for us last season, 71 points, and towards the end we were still fighting for big things."
Dele Alli's double, as well as goals from Harry Kane and Son Heung-min, were enough to beat Saints, who had earlier taken the lead within just 73 seconds through Virgil van Dijk.